silence (not speaking); muteness
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
participation; joining; entry
that is to say; so that means
physical condition; state of health; shape
prohibition; inhibition; ban
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
convalescence; recovering from an illness; recuperating
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle
here and there; in places
cloud of dust (sand, etc.); dust storm
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
drop (e.g. of water); drip
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to score points with (a person); to curry favor with (favour)
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving (the batter) an "intentional walk"
even if ...; even supposing that ...
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
contradiction; inconsistency